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OUR DAILY BREAD                           Tuesday, August 9, 1994
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READ:  Romans 4: 1-8



                         "DEBT-FREE LIVING"

               "The wages of sin is death, but the
                   gift of God is eternal life."

                           Romans 6:23

Imagine a debt-free life -- an existence without the irritation of those 
nagging payments hanging over your head every month.

It's a prospect that has led financial counselors to create various 
get-out- of-debt plans that offer relief from financial worry.  These 
are some of the suggestions they make:

 -  Stop all buying on credit.
 -  Cut down on your grocery bill.
 -  Do things yourself instead of paying to have them done.
 -  Quit being an impulse buyer.

Although I can't say I'm debt-free (I'm paying off my house and have 
other bills due each month), I can testify that in a different and much 
more important sense, I have no debts.  When it comes to the burdensome 
worry of how to get out from under the weight of my sin, I don't have a 
care in the world.

At one time, I was under the sentence of death because of my sin, but 
when I put my faith in Jesus Christ my debt was paid off (Rom. 4:7).  
The penalty of those sins was eliminated, and I am debt-free.  It's a 
great feeling!

Have you let God credit your account with Christ's righteousness where 
sin's penalty used to be?  Accept Jesus' payment for your sins and get 
out of debt!

        - JDB

  The moment that we trust in Christ,
  We are forgiv'n and cleansed within,
    For all-sufficient is His blood
     To pay the debt of every sin.

                              - DJD

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Christ paid a debt He didn't owe to satisfy a debt we couldn't pay.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Jeremiah 13-16

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